Sales and Marketing Society of the Mid-South will meet Wednesday, April 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Racquet Club of Memphis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. Mignonne Wright, president of Macadvantage, will present “Think Big. Make Love.” Cost in advance is free for members and $25 for nonmembers; cost at the door is $30. Visit sms-midsouth.org.

Kiwanis Club of Memphis will meet Wednesday, April 17, from noon to 1 p.m. at The University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Douglas McGowen, member of the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team, will speak. Cost is $18 for nonmembers.

Rhodes College will host a lecture by musician Kirk Whalum as part of its Memphis Centered series Wednesday, April 17, at 5:30 p.m. in Blount Auditorium of Buckman Hall on campus, 2000 North Parkway. Whalum’s talk is titled “The Spirit of the City: Kirk Whalum’s Journey From Memphis to the World and Back.” Cost is free. Visit rhodes.edu.

The Memphis Lawyers’ Chapter and University of Memphis Law Students’ Chapter of the Federalist Society will host a panel titled “Current Proposals to Change the Electoral College System” Thursday, April 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1 N. Front St. Cost is free. Email gregory.grisham@jacksonlewis.com or call 462-2616.

Traffic Club of Memphis will host its Band and Bayou Party Thursday, April 18, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at High Point Pub, 477 High Point Terrace. Cost is $25 and includes crawfish, sausage, corn and potatoes. R.S.V.P. at trafficclubofmemphis.com.